Not far from the main battlefield, Shisui Uchiha—whom Nagato had dismissed as slacking off—remained unconscious, lying on the ground with his fate unknown.
The difference was that the wooden tendrils which had previously pierced Shisui's skin and emerged from his body had now completely retracted into him, leaving no trace on the surface. Even the injuries on his body had been entirely healed.
From the outside, Shisui Uchiha looked as though he were merely asleep.
Yet within Shisui's body, earth-shaking changes were taking place.
After the rampaging life essence of the Ten-Tails within Shisui devoured the Rinnegan he carried with him—the one that had come from Nagato—the original plot of the ninja world suffered severe damage, and the World Will consequently endured a violent backlash.
Worst of all, the source of that backlash was the scheme the World Will had used against Shisui Uchiha. In other words, the ninja world's World Will had wounded itself, dealing itself a devastating blow.
The system, which had already been vying with the World Will for authority over the rules, seized this moment of weakness and tore off a huge fragment of its rules. While strengthening its own authority, it severely weakened the World Will.
With these opposing forces at work, the system began suppressing the rampaging Ten-Tails life essence to save itself. At the same time, it continuously repaired Shisui's body, seeking a point of balance between the several powers within him so that Shisui, whose consciousness had fallen into a coma, could awaken once more.
``` [This system has obtained greater authority over the rules and is suppressing the rampaging life essence of the Ten-Tails.]
[Detected that the life essence of the Ten-Tails has absorbed a portion of the One-Tail Shukaku's chakra and one Rinnegan. The life essence of the Ten-Tails is